دورية أكاديمية
Tracing the footprints of SARS-CoV-2 in oceanic waters
| العنوان: | Tracing the footprints of SARS-CoV-2 in oceanic waters |
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| المؤلفون: | La Rosa, Giuseppina, Mancini, P, Iaconelli, M, Veneri, C, Bonanno Ferraro, G, Del Giudice, C, Suffredini, E, Muratore, A, Ferrara, F, Lucentini, L, Martuzzi, M, Piccioli, A |
| المساهمون: | La Rosa, Giuseppina, Mancini, P, Iaconelli, M, Veneri, C, Bonanno Ferraro, G, Del Giudice, C, Suffredini, E, Muratore, A, Ferrara, F, Lucentini, L, Martuzzi, M, Piccioli, A |
| بيانات النشر: | Society for Enviornmental Geochemistry and Health Amsterdam |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | Sapienza Università di Roma: CINECA IRIS |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | marine water sample, molecular detection method, oceanic water, SARS-CoV-2 detection, sea care project |
| الوصف: | The detection of SARS-CoV-2 in water environments has predominantly focused on wastewater, neglecting its presence in oceanic waters. This study aimed to fill this knowledge gap by investigating the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in remote sea and oceanic waters, at large distances from the coastline. Forty-three 500-liter samples were collected between May 2022 and January 2023 from the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Arctic region, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. Using molecular detection methods including real-time RT-qPCR and nested PCR followed by sequencing, we successfully detected SARS-CoV-2 RNA in 7 of the 43 marine water samples (16.3%), and specifically in samples taken from the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The estimated concentrations of SARS-CoV-2genome copies in the positive samples ranged from 6 to 470 per 100l. The presence of mutations characteristic of the Omicron variant was identified in these samples by amplicon sequencing. These findings provide evidence of the unforeseen presence of SARS-CoV-2 in marine waters even at distances of miles from the coastline and in open ocean waters. It is important to consider that these findings only display the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA, and further investigations are required to assess if infectious virus can be present in the marine environment. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/37751837; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:001159050000001; volume:906; firstpage:1; lastpage:8; numberofpages:8; journal:SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT; https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1690336Test; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85172141003 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167343 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167343Test https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1690336Test |
| حقوق: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.D9CD0AE3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167343 |
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